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Effects of Sleep Hygiene Education on Sleep Health in Adults Ages 50-80

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Sleep Hygiene
Interventions
Behavioral: Educational video plus repeated education
Behavioral: One-time educational video
Registration Number
NCT06129045
Lead Sponsor
Black Hills State University
Brief Summary

This will be a study looking at trying to change older adults' behavior in regard to good sleep hygiene practices. Investigators will assess the efficacy through subjective outcome measures and objective physiological markers of good sleep through data collected with wearable technology devices.

Detailed Description

Older adults ages 50-80 will be recruited and placed into one of three groups. Group One will watch a one-time educational video on sleep hygiene, Group Two will watch the video plus be sent daily automated text messages to reinforce the education learned in the video, and Group Three will be a control group with no intervention. The participants in Groups One and Two will receive the education after two weeks of data tracking on a Fitbit device. They then will have four additional weeks of tracking. At the end of the study time of six weeks, all participants will return for follow-up testing. The sleep tracker will monitor the physiological markers of sleep provided by wearable technology on sleep efficiency, time in bed, time actually sleeping, and time spent at each stage of sleep.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  • own a smartphone with the capability of receiving text messages.
Exclusion Criteria
  • an untreated diagnosed sleep disorder such as insomnia or obstructive sleep apnea
  • inability to wear the device on their wrist

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group Two, Video Plus TextsEducational video plus repeated educationOne-time sleep hygiene education plus repeated education through automated text messaging
Group One, VideoOne-time educational videoOne-time sleep hygiene education
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change score of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index6-weeks

Change Score From Baseline to 6-week Follow up on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Outcome measure for quality of sleep. Score ranges 0-21 with higher score equaling poor sleep quality

Change scores of Ru-Sated Sleep Composite for overall sleep health using six health domains.6-weeks

Each domain is dichotomized using cut-off points with 0 = poor sleep health and 1 = good sleep health. The domains are summed to create the composite sleep health score ranging from 0 - 6 with a higher score indicating better sleep health. Collected through FitBit and subjective questions.

1. Regularity: Standard deviation of sleep midpoint, which is calculated as \[sleep onset +(wake time - sleep onset/2)\]. Cut-off is \<60 minutes.

2. Satisfaction. Definition: Rate "restedness upon awakening" Satisfaction will be the average "restedness" score. Cut-off is an average of ≥3.

3. Alertness: Definition: Epworth Sleepiness Scale which consists of 8 items of various activities answered. Cut off score is ≤10.

4. Timing: Definition: Average sleep midpoint. Cut-off is 2am to 4am.

5. Efficiency: Definition: Average total minutes of sleep divided by time in bed multiplied by 100. Cut-off score is \>85%

6. Duration: Definition: Average total minutes of sleep. Cut-off is 6-8 hours

Change score of Sleep Hygiene Index6-weeks

Change Score From Baseline to 6-week Follow up on the Sleep Hygiene Index. Outcome measure for good sleep hygiene. Scores range from 0-52. Higher scores equate to worse sleep hygiene.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change Scores for Participant's Body Mass Index6-weeks

Body mass index is measured by body weight \[kg\]/ height \[m\]2) from weight and height measurements to determine healthy body anthropometrics. Normal value is 18.5 to 24.9. Above these values is considered overweight and obese, under this is considered underweight.

Change Score on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale6-weeks

Outcome measure for average pain levels. Scores range from 0-10. Higher scores equate to higher pain levels.

Change on the Perceived Stress Scale6-weeks

Outcome measure for average stress levels. Scores range from 0-40. The higher the score the worse the stress levels.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Black Hills State University

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Spearfish, South Dakota, United States

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